SchoolDude.com Delivers Breakthrough Technology in Asset Management

SchoolDude’s ITAMDirect provides affordable, advanced IT asset management for educational institutions.

Cary, NC (PRWEB) Julu 15, 2006 -— SchoolDude.com, the nation’s leading provider of web-native operations management solutions for educational institutions, today announced a revolutionary approach to information technology asset management (ITAM) in educational institutions with the release of ITAMDirect, a web-native system designed to gather and report information about networked hardware and software assets.

ITAMDirect supports all aspects of IT asset administration management for educational technology departments, ranging from monitoring and reporting to planning and lifecycle costing. The system delivers added value by fully integrating with SchoolDude’s ITDirect help desk management system to provide detailed configuration information and asset history for incident resolution. This streamlines the entire IT management process, reducing administrative burden and allowing for excellent record keeping and accountability for IT assets.

ITAMDirect is one of twelve solutions in SchoolDude’s suite of web-native technology that integrates all aspects of educational operations. “The addition of ITAMDirect to SchoolDude’s suite of market-leading technology solutions meets a specific need across the education market,” said Kent Hudson, CEO and Founder of SchoolDude.com. “Obtaining an accurate database of all PC hardware and software assets provides educational organizations with a critical foundation for long-term technology planning and audit compliance, and ITAMDirect helps educational institutions gather and manage this information at a price that is 80-percent less than other commercial solutions.”

SchoolDude’s recent survey of educational technology professionals echoes the importance of effective IT asset management and the growing need for an efficient management solution. Nearly 80-percent of respondents indicated a need to more effectively track networked assets, and more than 84-percent believe automated data collection to be the most important feature of an ITAM solution. SchoolDude’s ITAMDirect system delivers these benefits to help educational technology professionals reduce the need for field audits of IT assets by 50-percent or more.

“By keeping an accurate inventory and records of assets, ITAMDirect will allow us to be better stewards of our resources,” said Leigh Anne Dupree, Manager of IT Service and Support at Wake Technical Community College, one of the more than twenty educational institutions to purchase ITAMDirect prior to its release. “This improved accuracy will be beneficial for planning and budgeting our college’s resource needs. Maintaining data in a central location, accessible via the web, and being able to see PC configurations and history without having to go to the machine’s location is another great value. And since ITAMDirect integrates with ITDirect, we will be able to link users with assets – that is a great advantage.”

Additionally, ITAMDirect tracks software licenses to ensure compliance and avoid penalties while monitoring usage to optimize license management, saving educational organizations up to 25-percent on license renewals. The system also manages installed software and identifies unauthorized software.

Further benefits of SchoolDude’s innovative asset management system include the ability to conduct proactive IT support management and better protect assets through improved security. Monitoring IT assets using SchoolDude’s system enables a technology department to look for certain problems before they occur. And by screening assets at the component level, ITAMDirect provides security by identifying missing or stolen assets through monitoring and reporting.

Hudson added, “ITAMDirect is the first technology asset management system designed specifically for the education environment and budget. The solution addresses the unique needs of educational technology professionals, such as operating across multiple computer platforms, while ensuring their success with our Legendary Service Program.”

About SchoolDude

With more than 2,100 clients, SchoolDude is the nation’s leading provider of web-native operations management solutions designed exclusively for the unique needs of educational professionals. Backed by the industry’s only Legendary Service Program, SchoolDude’s broad suite of online applications is revolutionizing the business of managing educational operations. SchoolDude’s web-native tools for operations management offer easy to use, affordable solutions to help both small and large educational institutions save money, increase efficiency and improve services. For more information about SchoolDude, visit www.schooldude.com.

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